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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4!

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Best of Both Worlds (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 4. It scored 9.2/10 based on 5674 votes. Directed by Cliff Bole and written by Michael Piller, it aired on 9/24/1990. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Family".

  • The Best of Both Worlds (2)
    9.2/105,674 votes

    #1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1990

    Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Michael Piller

  • Family
    8.3/104,615 votes

    #2 - Family

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1990

    Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Brothers
    7.7/103,798 votes

    #3 - Brothers

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1990

    Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Rick Berman

  • Suddenly Human
    6.4/103,455 votes

    #4 - Suddenly Human

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1990

    Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.

    Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Ralph Phillips

  • Remember Me
    7.8/104,036 votes

    #5 - Remember Me

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1990

    Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Lee Sheldon

  • Legacy
    6.7/103,391 votes

    #6 - Legacy

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1990

    Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: Joe Menosky

  • Reunion
    8.3/103,924 votes

    #7 - Reunion

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1990

    Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Thomas Perry, Ronald D. Moore

  • Future Imperfect
    7.7/103,834 votes

    #8 - Future Imperfect

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1990

    Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • Final Mission
    6.7/103,419 votes

    #9 - Final Mission

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1990

    Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Jeri Taylor

  • The Loss
    6.0/103,311 votes

    #10 - The Loss

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1990

    Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

    Director: Chip Chalmers

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Data's Day
    8.1/104,034 votes

    #11 - Data's Day

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1991

    Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.

    Director: Robert Wiemer

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • The Wounded
    8.1/103,829 votes

    #12 - The Wounded

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/1991

    Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.

    Director: Chip Chalmers

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Stuart Charno, Sara B. Cooper

  • Devil's Due
    7.2/103,623 votes

    #13 - Devil's Due

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1991

    Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.

    Director: Tom Benko

    Writer: Philip LaZebnik

  • Clues
    8.2/104,041 votes

    #14 - Clues

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1991

    Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Joe Menosky

  • First Contact
    8.1/103,920 votes

    #15 - First Contact

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1991

    Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore, Marc Scott Zicree, David Bischoff, Michael Piller

  • Galaxy's Child
    7.0/103,370 votes

    #16 - Galaxy's Child

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1991

    Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Maurice Hurley, Joe Menosky

  • Night Terrors
    7.1/103,393 votes

    #17 - Night Terrors

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1991

    Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Jeri Taylor, Pamela Douglas

  • Identity Crisis
    6.7/103,224 votes

    #18 - Identity Crisis

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1991

    Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • The Nth Degree
    7.9/103,728 votes

    #19 - The Nth Degree

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1991

    Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.

    Director: Robert Legato

    Writer: Joe Menosky

  • Qpid
    7.2/103,592 votes

    #20 - Qpid

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1991

    Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr

  • The Drumhead
    8.4/104,414 votes

    #21 - The Drumhead

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1991

    Stardate: 44769.2. Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Jeri Taylor

  • Half a Life
    7.3/103,466 votes

    #22 - Half a Life

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1991

    Stardate: 44805.3. Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Peter Allan Fields

  • The Host
    6.4/103,217 votes

    #23 - The Host

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1991

    Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.

    Director: Marvin V. Rush

    Writer: Michel Horvat

  • The Mind's Eye
    7.7/103,332 votes

    #24 - The Mind's Eye

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/27/1991

    Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • In Theory
    7.1/103,281 votes

    #25 - In Theory

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/1991

    Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.

    Director: Patrick Stewart

    Writer: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore